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| Topic: | Association, Freedom of | The right of the people to meet or associate with others for peaceful purposes | |
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Articles | Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Capitalism | Economic system where the means of production are privately owned | |
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Articles | Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Economic Barriers | Legislative and other processes that inhibit economic and financial advancement | |
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Articles | Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Goldwater, Barry | Arizona Senator and 1964 Republican presidential candidate | |
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Articles | Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Law, Rule of | Legal environment where cases are handled in a non-arbitrary manner | |
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Articles | Rule of Law Damaged by Schiavo Bill Discusses the implications of the hurried legislation, which became known as the Palm Sunday Compromise, to allow the parents of Terri Schiavo to have federal courts another look at her case, after state courts had ruled against them |
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| Topic: | Life | The human unalienable right from which other rights obtain | |
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Articles | Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Powers, Reserved | Powers retained by the States and the people | |
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Articles | Rule of Law Damaged by Schiavo Bill Discusses the implications of the hurried legislation, which became known as the Palm Sunday Compromise, to allow the parents of Terri Schiavo to have federal courts another look at her case, after state courts had ruled against them |
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| Topic: | Republican Party | United States | |
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Articles | Rule of Law Damaged by Schiavo Bill Discusses the implications of the hurried legislation, which became known as the Palm Sunday Compromise, to allow the parents of Terri Schiavo to have federal courts another look at her case, after state courts had ruled against them |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | The Social Security Fraud Discusses comments made by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill indicating that the Social Security Trust Fund has no tangible assets and the response from Rep. Charlie Rangel |
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Rule of Law Damaged by Schiavo Bill Discusses the implications of the hurried legislation, which became known as the Palm Sunday Compromise, to allow the parents of Terri Schiavo to have federal courts another look at her case, after state courts had ruled against them |
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Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Rights | Powers and privileges one may properly claim as due | |
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Articles | Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Self-ownership | The principle that each individual owns his or her body and life | |
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Articles | Individual Rights or Civil Rights? Contrasts the right not to be discriminated against with the right of freedom of association and concludes that one of them is invalid, also discussing private vs. government discrimination |
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| Topic: | Social Security Tax | Tax imposed on employers and employees to fund the Social Security system | |
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Articles | The Social Security Fraud Discusses comments made by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill indicating that the Social Security Trust Fund has no tangible assets and the response from Rep. Charlie Rangel |
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| Topic: | Taxation | Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities | |
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Articles | The Social Security Fraud Discusses comments made by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill indicating that the Social Security Trust Fund has no tangible assets and the response from Rep. Charlie Rangel |
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| 4 Mar 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Boudreaux, Donald J. | Professor of Economics, past President of the Foundation for Economic Education | |
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Articles | Toying with the Free Market Discusses the 1998 Toys "R" Us restructuring announcement and the 1996 Federal Trade Commission complaint that the firm had engaged in monopolistic practices |
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| Topic: | Business | Commercial activities that provide goods and services | |
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Articles | Toying with the Free Market Discusses the 1998 Toys "R" Us restructuring announcement and the 1996 Federal Trade Commission complaint that the firm had engaged in monopolistic practices |
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| Topic: | Free Market | The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State | |
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Articles | Toying with the Free Market Discusses the 1998 Toys "R" Us restructuring announcement and the 1996 Federal Trade Commission complaint that the firm had engaged in monopolistic practices |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Social Security Has to Go Examines the U.S. Social Security system, including the employee and employer "contributions", the "trust fund" and how it may fare in the future |
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| Topic: | Man for All Seasons, A | 1966 historical drama recounting the story of how Sir Thomas More stood up to King Henry VIII | |
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Articles | No Right to Remain Silent Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, that compelling people to identify themselves if requested to do so by police does not violate the Fourth or Fifth Amendments |
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| Topic: | Money | The most commonly used medium of exchange | |
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Articles | Francisco's Money Speech Francisco D'Anconia's speech about money being the root of all evil |
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| Topic: | Monopoly | Exclusive control by someone or some group of the means of producing or selling a good or service | |
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Articles | Toying with the Free Market Discusses the 1998 Toys "R" Us restructuring announcement and the 1996 Federal Trade Commission complaint that the firm had engaged in monopolistic practices |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Toying with the Free Market Discusses the 1998 Toys "R" Us restructuring announcement and the 1996 Federal Trade Commission complaint that the firm had engaged in monopolistic practices |
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No Right to Remain Silent Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, that compelling people to identify themselves if requested to do so by police does not violate the Fourth or Fifth Amendments |
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Social Security Has to Go Examines the U.S. Social Security system, including the employee and employer "contributions", the "trust fund" and how it may fare in the future |
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| Topic: | Searches and Seizures, Right Against Unreasonable | Protection from unwarranted searches and takings | |
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Articles | No Right to Remain Silent Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, that compelling people to identify themselves if requested to do so by police does not violate the Fourth or Fifth Amendments |
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| Topic: | Self-Incrimination, Right Against | The right not to bear witness against one's self | |
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Articles | No Right to Remain Silent Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, that compelling people to identify themselves if requested to do so by police does not violate the Fourth or Fifth Amendments |
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| Topic: | Social Security Tax | Tax imposed on employers and employees to fund the Social Security system | |
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Articles | Social Security Has to Go Examines the U.S. Social Security system, including the employee and employer "contributions", the "trust fund" and how it may fare in the future |
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| Topic: | Wages | The price of labor, renumeration paid to employees for their work or services | |
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Articles | Social Security Has to Go Examines the U.S. Social Security system, including the employee and employer "contributions", the "trust fund" and how it may fare in the future |
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| 3 Mar 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Attacks of 11 September 2001 | Terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon | |
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Articles | 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented Counters the claim that Islamists hate the U.S. because Americans love freedom and suggests that a non-intervenionist foreign policy could have prevented the Sept 2001 attacks |
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| Topic: | Bureaucracy | A hierarchy of government officials, mostly unelected, that set policies, prescribe regulations and administer them | |
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Articles | Medicare Rx Reform: The Road to Medical Serfdom Criticizes the proposed (and later passed) addition of prescription drug coverage to Medicare and predicts the eventual nationalization of health care |
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| Topic: | Children | Sons and daughters; young persons, infants, adolescents | |
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Articles | Treating Us like Children Comments on an amendment to an appropriations bill that would outlaw Internet gambling, overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-controlled Senate, and discusses the "democratic paternalism" evinced by this action |
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| Topic: | Conservatism | Political philosophy that emphasizes respect for traditional institutions | |
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Articles | Treating Us like Children Comments on an amendment to an appropriations bill that would outlaw Internet gambling, overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-controlled Senate, and discusses the "democratic paternalism" evinced by this action |
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| Topic: | Democracy | Form of government where the power is exercised directly or indirectly by a majority of the citizens | |
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Articles | Treating Us like Children Comments on an amendment to an appropriations bill that would outlaw Internet gambling, overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-controlled Senate, and discusses the "democratic paternalism" evinced by this action |
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| Topic: | Foreign Entanglements | Unnecessary involvement with other nations | |
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Articles | 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented Counters the claim that Islamists hate the U.S. because Americans love freedom and suggests that a non-intervenionist foreign policy could have prevented the Sept 2001 attacks |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | April Is the Cruelest Month Discusses the income tax and how government acts as a transfer machine from the majority to various interest groups, while keeping incumbent politicians in power |
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Treating Us like Children Comments on an amendment to an appropriations bill that would outlaw Internet gambling, overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-controlled Senate, and discusses the "democratic paternalism" evinced by this action |
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| Topic: | Health Care | Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and other services related to the health of an individual | |
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Articles | Medicare Rx Reform: The Road to Medical Serfdom Criticizes the proposed (and later passed) addition of prescription drug coverage to Medicare and predicts the eventual nationalization of health care |
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| Topic: | Middle East | The countries of southwestern Asia and, conventionally, Egypt | |
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Articles | 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented Counters the claim that Islamists hate the U.S. because Americans love freedom and suggests that a non-intervenionist foreign policy could have prevented the Sept 2001 attacks |
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| Topic: | Personal Responsibility | Accepting the consequences of one's actions | |
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Articles | Treating Us like Children Comments on an amendment to an appropriations bill that would outlaw Internet gambling, overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-controlled Senate, and discusses the "democratic paternalism" evinced by this action |
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| Topic: | Prices | Convey information between buyers and sellers | |
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Articles | Medicare Rx Reform: The Road to Medical Serfdom Criticizes the proposed (and later passed) addition of prescription drug coverage to Medicare and predicts the eventual nationalization of health care |
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| Topic: | Repression, Moral | Legislation and government actions that attempt to dictate "moral and proper" behavior | |
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Articles | Treating Us like Children Comments on an amendment to an appropriations bill that would outlaw Internet gambling, overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-controlled Senate, and discusses the "democratic paternalism" evinced by this action |
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| Topic: | Republican Party | United States | |
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Articles | Treating Us like Children Comments on an amendment to an appropriations bill that would outlaw Internet gambling, overwhelmingly approved by the Republican-controlled Senate, and discusses the "democratic paternalism" evinced by this action |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | April Is the Cruelest Month Discusses the income tax and how government acts as a transfer machine from the majority to various interest groups, while keeping incumbent politicians in power |
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Medicare Rx Reform: The Road to Medical Serfdom Criticizes the proposed (and later passed) addition of prescription drug coverage to Medicare and predicts the eventual nationalization of health care |
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9/11 Could Have Been Prevented Counters the claim that Islamists hate the U.S. because Americans love freedom and suggests that a non-intervenionist foreign policy could have prevented the Sept 2001 attacks |
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| Topic: | Taxation | Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities | |
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Articles | April Is the Cruelest Month Discusses the income tax and how government acts as a transfer machine from the majority to various interest groups, while keeping incumbent politicians in power |
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| Topic: | Terrorism | The systematic use of violence to attempt to achieve ideological goals | |
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Articles | 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented Counters the claim that Islamists hate the U.S. because Americans love freedom and suggests that a non-intervenionist foreign policy could have prevented the Sept 2001 attacks |
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| 2 Mar 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Bush, George W. | Forty-third President of the United States | |
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Articles | Bush as Fake Free-Trader Comments on George W. Bush's claim to being a free-trader while at the same time imposing quotas and tariffs on products from China |
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Marry and Let Marry Comments on George W. Bush's proposed constitutional amendment to forbid same-sex marriage licenses |
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| Topic: | China | Territory in eastern Asia, ruled since 1949 by the Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó | |
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Articles | Bush as Fake Free-Trader Comments on George W. Bush's claim to being a free-trader while at the same time imposing quotas and tariffs on products from China |
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| Topic: | Constitution, United States | The supreme law of the United States of America | |
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Articles | Marry and Let Marry Comments on George W. Bush's proposed constitutional amendment to forbid same-sex marriage licenses |
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| Topic: | Founding Fathers | Leading individuals in founding of the United States | |
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Articles | Marry and Let Marry Comments on George W. Bush's proposed constitutional amendment to forbid same-sex marriage licenses |
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| Topic: | Free Trade | Exchange of goods and services without barriers | |
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Articles | Bush as Fake Free-Trader Comments on George W. Bush's claim to being a free-trader while at the same time imposing quotas and tariffs on products from China |
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| Topic: | Golf | Game in which one attempts to sink a ball into each of 9 or 18 holes on a course | |
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Articles | What Is Golf? Analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin that, due to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the PGA Tour must allow disabled golfers to ride a golf cart |
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| Topic: | Iraq War (2003) | Invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and other countries, purportedly to find weapons of mass destruction | |
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Articles | Iraq: One Year Later Comments on the first anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, including statements by the White House and Donald Rumsfeld, as well as the outcome of 2004 Spanish elections which took place after the Madrid train bombings |
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| Topic: | Law | Set of rules and guidelines intended to influence social behavior | |
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Articles | What Is Golf? Analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin that, due to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the PGA Tour must allow disabled golfers to ride a golf cart |
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| Topic: | Marriage | Formalized consensual and contractual relationships between individuals | |
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Articles | Marry and Let Marry Comments on George W. Bush's proposed constitutional amendment to forbid same-sex marriage licenses |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Bush as Fake Free-Trader Comments on George W. Bush's claim to being a free-trader while at the same time imposing quotas and tariffs on products from China |
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What Is Golf? Analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin that, due to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the PGA Tour must allow disabled golfers to ride a golf cart |
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Iraq: One Year Later Comments on the first anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, including statements by the White House and Donald Rumsfeld, as well as the outcome of 2004 Spanish elections which took place after the Madrid train bombings |
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| Topic: | Spain | Territory in southwestern Europe, ruled since 1975 by the Reino de España | |
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Articles | Iraq: One Year Later Comments on the first anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, including statements by the White House and Donald Rumsfeld, as well as the outcome of 2004 Spanish elections which took place after the Madrid train bombings |
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| 1 Mar 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Broken Window Fallacy | "What would become of the glaziers, if nobody ever broke windows?" | |
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Articles | The Economic Costs of Going to War: Transcript: Bill Moyers Talks with Lew Rockwell Topics discussed include: the economy, the federal budget deficit, the national debt, inflation, Republican vs. Democrat presidents, tax cuts, war spending, World War II and the depression, Sadam Hussein and unemployment |
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| Topic: | Browne, Harry | Investment author, Libertarian Party presidential candidate 1996 and 2000 | |
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Writings | A Forgotten Day & a Forgotten Country Reflections on the United States in 1886, when the Statue of Liberty was unveiled, and the current (2003) status |
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| Topic: | Bush, George W. | Forty-third President of the United States | |
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Articles | Don't Fund Religious Groups Argues against George W. Bush's proposal to give taxpayers' money to religious organizations, rather than ending similar subsidies to secular groups |
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| Topic: | Business | Commercial activities that provide goods and services | |
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Articles | Free Markets Aren't Conservative Explains why businesses, especially the larger and well established ones, favor regulations and taxes, and why a free, unregulated or "self-regulating" market protects consumer better |
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| Topic: | Capitalism | Economic system where the means of production are privately owned | |
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Articles | Free Markets Aren't Conservative Explains why businesses, especially the larger and well established ones, favor regulations and taxes, and why a free, unregulated or "self-regulating" market protects consumer better |
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| Topic: | Economic Barriers | Legislative and other processes that inhibit economic and financial advancement | |
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Articles | Free Markets Aren't Conservative Explains why businesses, especially the larger and well established ones, favor regulations and taxes, and why a free, unregulated or "self-regulating" market protects consumer better |
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| Topic: | Economic Resources | Natural, human and man-made factors used in the production of goods and services | |
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Articles | Natural Resources Aren't Finite Discusses losses incurred by commodities traders and investment managers who believed that prices of commodities must rise because there is a "finite" stock of natural resources on Earth |
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| Topic: | Federal Reserve System | The central bank of the United States | |
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Articles | A Forgotten Day & a Forgotten Country Reflections on the United States in 1886, when the Statue of Liberty was unveiled, and the current (2003) status |
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| Topic: | Foreign Entanglements | Unnecessary involvement with other nations | |
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Articles | A Forgotten Day & a Forgotten Country Reflections on the United States in 1886, when the Statue of Liberty was unveiled, and the current (2003) status |
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| Topic: | Free Market | The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State | |
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Articles | Free Markets Aren't Conservative Explains why businesses, especially the larger and well established ones, favor regulations and taxes, and why a free, unregulated or "self-regulating" market protects consumer better |
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| Topic: | Inflation | Popularly, a rise in prices of goods and services; in economics, monetary expansion | |
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Articles | The Economic Costs of Going to War: Transcript: Bill Moyers Talks with Lew Rockwell Topics discussed include: the economy, the federal budget deficit, the national debt, inflation, Republican vs. Democrat presidents, tax cuts, war spending, World War II and the depression, Sadam Hussein and unemployment |
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| Topic: | Liberty, Statue of | Monument symbolizing liberty, in New York harbor | |
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Articles | A Forgotten Day & a Forgotten Country Reflections on the United States in 1886, when the Statue of Liberty was unveiled, and the current (2003) status |
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| Topic: | Minimum Wage Laws | Legislation that places a lower limit on the prices paid for labor | |
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Articles | When More Is Less | |
| Topic: | Mises, Ludwig von | Austrian school economist, author of Human Action | |
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Articles | Free Markets Aren't Conservative Explains why businesses, especially the larger and well established ones, favor regulations and taxes, and why a free, unregulated or "self-regulating" market protects consumer better |
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| Topic: | Mutualism | Anarchist doctrine proposed by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | |
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Articles | Don't Fund Religious Groups Argues against George W. Bush's proposal to give taxpayers' money to religious organizations, rather than ending similar subsidies to secular groups |
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| Topic: | Religion, Freedom of | Liberty to practice any or no religion | |
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Articles | Don't Fund Religious Groups Argues against George W. Bush's proposal to give taxpayers' money to religious organizations, rather than ending similar subsidies to secular groups |
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| Topic: | Republican Party | United States | |
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Articles | The Economic Costs of Going to War: Transcript: Bill Moyers Talks with Lew Rockwell Topics discussed include: the economy, the federal budget deficit, the national debt, inflation, Republican vs. Democrat presidents, tax cuts, war spending, World War II and the depression, Sadam Hussein and unemployment |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Free Markets Aren't Conservative Explains why businesses, especially the larger and well established ones, favor regulations and taxes, and why a free, unregulated or "self-regulating" market protects consumer better |
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Don't Fund Religious Groups Argues against George W. Bush's proposal to give taxpayers' money to religious organizations, rather than ending similar subsidies to secular groups |
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| Topic: | Rockwell, Lew | President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com | |
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Interviews | The Economic Costs of Going to War: Transcript: Bill Moyers Talks with Lew Rockwell Topics discussed include: the economy, the federal budget deficit, the national debt, inflation, Republican vs. Democrat presidents, tax cuts, war spending, World War II and the depression, Sadam Hussein and unemployment |
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| Topic: | Simon, Julian | Professor of Business Administration, author | |
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Writings | Natural Resources Aren't Finite Discusses losses incurred by commodities traders and investment managers who believed that prices of commodities must rise because there is a "finite" stock of natural resources on Earth |
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| Topic: | Taxation | Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities | |
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Articles | The Economic Costs of Going to War: Transcript: Bill Moyers Talks with Lew Rockwell Topics discussed include: the economy, the federal budget deficit, the national debt, inflation, Republican vs. Democrat presidents, tax cuts, war spending, World War II and the depression, Sadam Hussein and unemployment |
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| Topic: | Technology | Practical application of engineering or technical processes | |
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Articles | Natural Resources Aren't Finite Discusses losses incurred by commodities traders and investment managers who believed that prices of commodities must rise because there is a "finite" stock of natural resources on Earth |
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| Topic: | Unemployment | The state of not being engaged in a gainful occupation | |
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Articles | The Economic Costs of Going to War: Transcript: Bill Moyers Talks with Lew Rockwell Topics discussed include: the economy, the federal budget deficit, the national debt, inflation, Republican vs. Democrat presidents, tax cuts, war spending, World War II and the depression, Sadam Hussein and unemployment |
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| Topic: | United States | Territory in central and northwest North America, ruled since 1788 by the United States of America | |
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Articles | A Forgotten Day & a Forgotten Country Reflections on the United States in 1886, when the Statue of Liberty was unveiled, and the current (2003) status |
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| Topic: | War | Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State" | |
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Articles | The Economic Costs of Going to War: Transcript: Bill Moyers Talks with Lew Rockwell Topics discussed include: the economy, the federal budget deficit, the national debt, inflation, Republican vs. Democrat presidents, tax cuts, war spending, World War II and the depression, Sadam Hussein and unemployment |
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| Topic: | World War II | Worldwide conflict from 1939 to 1945 | |
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Articles | The Economic Costs of Going to War: Transcript: Bill Moyers Talks with Lew Rockwell Topics discussed include: the economy, the federal budget deficit, the national debt, inflation, Republican vs. Democrat presidents, tax cuts, war spending, World War II and the depression, Sadam Hussein and unemployment |
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| 28 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Lǎozǐ | Ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Dào Dé Jīng | |
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Writings | Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu (Laozi) Research, compilation and indexing by Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.; includes modern Chinese, 25 English and five Spanish versions, introduction, chapter and thematic indexes and extensive bibliography |
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| 27 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Broken Window Fallacy | "What would become of the glaziers, if nobody ever broke windows?" | |
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Articles | The Failure of Macroeconomics Discusses the views of various economists on the slow GDP growth after the 2008 recession, what are the causes and what can be done about it |
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| Topic: | Drugs, War on | Legislation and enforcement actions against substances that are deemed to be addictive or otherwise dangerous | |
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Web Pages | Drug War | Cato Institute Commentary, studies, articles and other research from the Cato Institute on the war on drugs |
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| Topic: | Economics | Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends | |
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Articles | The Failure of Macroeconomics Discusses the views of various economists on the slow GDP growth after the 2008 recession, what are the causes and what can be done about it |
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| Topic: | Personal Responsibility | Accepting the consequences of one's actions | |
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Articles | Tobacco Medicaid Litigation: Snuffing Out the Rule of Law | |
| 26 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Bastiat, Frédéric | 19th century French economist | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Bill of Rights, United States | First 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution | |
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Articles | Individual Liberty and the Constitution: A Response to Robert Bork Responds to Robert Bork's essay "Individual Liberty and the Constitution" published in the June 2008 issue of The American Spectator |
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| Topic: | Declaration of Independence, United States | The document that formed the United States of America | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Economic Barriers | Legislative and other processes that inhibit economic and financial advancement | |
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Articles | Power to the Individual, Not to the State Discusses the various arguments and counter-arguments between progressives and radicals due to the former's movement to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour |
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| Topic: | Educational Freedom | Absence of coercion in learning and educating | |
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Articles | Vouchers and Educational Freedom: A Debate Joseph L. Bast, Heartland Institute president, and David Harmer, former Heritage Foundation researcher, versus Douglas Dewey, National Scholarship Center president |
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The Need for Educational Freedom in the Nation's Capital Examines problems with the District of Columbia Public Schools and suggests alternatives |
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Articles | The Right Way to Fix The Grid | |
| Topic: | England | The southern part of the island of Great Britain | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Entrepreneurship | Managerial skills and willingness to take risks in the production of goods and services | |
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Articles | Smoking Bans Are Dangerous to a Free Society's Health Argues against proposed legislation in the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland to ban smoking in restaurants and bars |
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| Topic: | Ethics | Branch of philosophy that studies the values that guide human conduct | |
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Articles | The Consequences of Liberty Compares consequentialism (or utilitarianism) to deontological ethics, also mentioning virtue ethics, and reviews Roderick Long's essay "Why Does Justice Have Good Consequences?" |
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| Topic: | Free Market | The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State | |
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Articles | The Consequences of Liberty Compares consequentialism (or utilitarianism) to deontological ethics, also mentioning virtue ethics, and reviews Roderick Long's essay "Why Does Justice Have Good Consequences?" |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Power to the Individual, Not to the State Discusses the various arguments and counter-arguments between progressives and radicals due to the former's movement to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour |
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| Topic: | Greece | Territory in southeast Europe, ruled since 1975 by the Elliniki Dhimokratia | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Health | The general condition of the body; freedom from physical disease or pain | |
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Articles | Smoking Bans Are Dangerous to a Free Society's Health Argues against proposed legislation in the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland to ban smoking in restaurants and bars |
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| Topic: | Homeschooling | Educating children at home | |
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Articles | Homeschooling: Back to the Future? Traces the origins of homeschooling in the U.S. and how it has become accepted, includes answers to typical questions |
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| Topic: | Jay, John | First Chief Justice of the United States, co-author of the Federalist Papers | |
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Biography | The Supreme Court Historical Society - Timeline of the Court - Chief Justice John Jay Brief biographical sketch and picture |
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| Topic: | Libertarianism | Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human | |
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Articles | The Consequences of Liberty Compares consequentialism (or utilitarianism) to deontological ethics, also mentioning virtue ethics, and reviews Roderick Long's essay "Why Does Justice Have Good Consequences?" |
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The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Liberty, Individual | Enjoyment by individuals of social, political and economic rights | |
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Articles | Individual Liberty and the Constitution: A Response to Robert Bork Responds to Robert Bork's essay "Individual Liberty and the Constitution" published in the June 2008 issue of The American Spectator |
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| Topic: | Long, Roderick T. | Professor of philosophy at Auburn University, president of the Molinari Institute | |
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Articles | The Consequences of Liberty Compares consequentialism (or utilitarianism) to deontological ethics, also mentioning virtue ethics, and reviews Roderick Long's essay "Why Does Justice Have Good Consequences?" |
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| Topic: | Minimum Wage Laws | Legislation that places a lower limit on the prices paid for labor | |
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Articles | Power to the Individual, Not to the State Discusses the various arguments and counter-arguments between progressives and radicals due to the former's movement to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour |
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| Topic: | Molinari, Gustave de | 19th century Belgian/French economist, considered the originator of market-anarchism | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Oppenheimer, Franz | German sociologist and economist, author of The State | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Powers, Enumerated | Constitutional doctrine of limiting the Federal Government to explicitly granted powers | |
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Articles | Individual Liberty and the Constitution: A Response to Robert Bork Responds to Robert Bork's essay "Individual Liberty and the Constitution" published in the June 2008 issue of The American Spectator |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | The Consequences of Liberty Compares consequentialism (or utilitarianism) to deontological ethics, also mentioning virtue ethics, and reviews Roderick Long's essay "Why Does Justice Have Good Consequences?" |
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Power to the Individual, Not to the State Discusses the various arguments and counter-arguments between progressives and radicals due to the former's movement to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour |
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| Topic: | Society | Grouping of individuals interacting with each other | |
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Articles | Smoking Bans Are Dangerous to a Free Society's Health Argues against proposed legislation in the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland to ban smoking in restaurants and bars |
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| Topic: | Spencer, Herbert | 19th century English philosopher | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Spooner, Lysander | Lawyer, abolitionist, entrepreneur, legal theorist and political radical | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| Topic: | Sumner, William Graham | Nineteenth century professor of political and social science at Yale University | |
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Articles | The Roots of Modern Libertarian Ideas Survey of the history of libertarian ideas, from ancient China and Greece to 20th century writers |
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| 25 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Amistad | 1997 Steven Spielberg movie about the slave trade in the early 19th century | |
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Articles | Liberty at the Movies Short reviews of some of Boaz' "all-time favorite libertarian movies" from "Hollywood" |
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| Topic: | Bastiat, Frédéric | 19th century French economist | |
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Articles | Monopoly and Aggression Argues that monopoly and aggression are intimately related and that intellectual property laws are currently the main monopolistic interventions |
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| Topic: | Boaz, David | Executive vice president of the Cato Institute, author of Libertarianism: A Primer | |
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Writings | Liberty at the Movies Short reviews of some of Boaz' "all-time favorite libertarian movies" from "Hollywood" |
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| Topic: | Castle, The | 1997 movie about a family fighting for their home against corporate and government interests | |
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Articles | Liberty at the Movies Short reviews of some of Boaz' "all-time favorite libertarian movies" from "Hollywood" |
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| Topic: | Films | Moving pictures representing fictional or real-life events | |
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Articles | Liberty at the Movies Short reviews of some of Boaz' "all-time favorite libertarian movies" from "Hollywood" |
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| Topic: | Intellectual Property Laws | Laws that grant monopoly rights on intellectual creations, such as patents and copyrights | |
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Articles | Monopoly and Aggression Argues that monopoly and aggression are intimately related and that intellectual property laws are currently the main monopolistic interventions |
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| Topic: | Locke, John | 17th century English philosopher | |
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Articles | John Locke: His American and Carolinian Legacy John Locke Foundation: explores Locke's principle of property rights and government's role in protecting them |
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| Topic: | Mises, Ludwig von | Austrian school economist, author of Human Action | |
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Articles | Monopoly and Aggression Argues that monopoly and aggression are intimately related and that intellectual property laws are currently the main monopolistic interventions |
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| Topic: | Monopoly | Exclusive control by someone or some group of the means of producing or selling a good or service | |
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Articles | Monopoly and Aggression Argues that monopoly and aggression are intimately related and that intellectual property laws are currently the main monopolistic interventions |
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| Topic: | Obama, Barack | Forty-fourth President of the United States | |
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Articles | Getting Away with Torture Discusses some of the responses to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, declassified in Dec 2014 |
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| Topic: | Punishments, Protection Against Cruel and Unusual | Restriction on the use of cruel and unusual punishments | |
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Articles | Getting Away with Torture Discusses some of the responses to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, declassified in Dec 2014 |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Getting Away with Torture Discusses some of the responses to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, declassified in Dec 2014 |
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Monopoly and Aggression Argues that monopoly and aggression are intimately related and that intellectual property laws are currently the main monopolistic interventions |
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| Topic: | Rothbard, Murray | Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto | |
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Articles | Monopoly and Aggression Argues that monopoly and aggression are intimately related and that intellectual property laws are currently the main monopolistic interventions |
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| Topic: | Shenandoah | 1965 movie about life in the middle of the American War Between the States | |
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Articles | Liberty at the Movies Short reviews of some of Boaz' "all-time favorite libertarian movies" from "Hollywood" |
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| Topic: | Smith, Adam | Eighteenth century Scottish economist, author of The Wealth of Nations | |
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Articles | Monopoly and Aggression Argues that monopoly and aggression are intimately related and that intellectual property laws are currently the main monopolistic interventions |
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| 24 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Arkansas | Motto: Regnat Populus (The People Rule) | |
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Articles | Stop Those Who Would Stop Uber Explains how the Uber and Lyft services work and describes a typical local government reaction when Uber started offering its service in Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Topic: | Arms, Right to Keep and Bear | Right of individuals to own firearms | |
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Web Pages | Gun Control | Cato Institute Research Topics | |
| Topic: | Economic Freedom | Absence of coercion or controls over economic activities | |
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Articles | Hong Kong Still Freest Economy Brief discussion of Economic Freedom of the World: 2000 Annual Report which found that Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and the United States were the "four economically freest jurisdictions" |
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| Topic: | Economic Freedom Network | Co-publishers of Economic Freedom of the World | |
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Articles | Hong Kong Still Freest Economy Brief discussion of Economic Freedom of the World: 2000 Annual Report which found that Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and the United States were the "four economically freest jurisdictions" |
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| Topic: | Ethics | Branch of philosophy that studies the values that guide human conduct | |
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Articles | Free-Market Socialism Counters the caricature of libertarians as hyperindividualists or atomistic and explains the benefits that could be gained from truly freed markets |
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| Topic: | Free Market | The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State | |
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Articles | Free-Market Socialism Counters the caricature of libertarians as hyperindividualists or atomistic and explains the benefits that could be gained from truly freed markets |
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| Topic: | Libertarianism | Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human | |
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Articles | Free-Market Socialism Counters the caricature of libertarians as hyperindividualists or atomistic and explains the benefits that could be gained from truly freed markets |
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| Topic: | Monopoly | Exclusive control by someone or some group of the means of producing or selling a good or service | |
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Articles | Stop Those Who Would Stop Uber Explains how the Uber and Lyft services work and describes a typical local government reaction when Uber started offering its service in Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Topic: | New York City | The Big Apple | |
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Articles | I Love Loosies and the People Who Sell Them Explains how New York cigarette taxes contributed to the police crack down that led to the Eric Garner confrontation (and subsequent death) and suggests doing away with the pursuing of nonviolent persons for "victimless so-called crimes" |
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| Topic: | Prices | Convey information between buyers and sellers | |
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Articles | Free-Market Socialism Counters the caricature of libertarians as hyperindividualists or atomistic and explains the benefits that could be gained from truly freed markets |
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| Topic: | Repression, Moral | Legislation and government actions that attempt to dictate "moral and proper" behavior | |
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Articles | I Love Loosies and the People Who Sell Them Explains how New York cigarette taxes contributed to the police crack down that led to the Eric Garner confrontation (and subsequent death) and suggests doing away with the pursuing of nonviolent persons for "victimless so-called crimes" |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Stop Those Who Would Stop Uber Explains how the Uber and Lyft services work and describes a typical local government reaction when Uber started offering its service in Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Free-Market Socialism Counters the caricature of libertarians as hyperindividualists or atomistic and explains the benefits that could be gained from truly freed markets |
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I Love Loosies and the People Who Sell Them Explains how New York cigarette taxes contributed to the police crack down that led to the Eric Garner confrontation (and subsequent death) and suggests doing away with the pursuing of nonviolent persons for "victimless so-called crimes" |
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| Topic: | Society | Grouping of individuals interacting with each other | |
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Articles | Free-Market Socialism Counters the caricature of libertarians as hyperindividualists or atomistic and explains the benefits that could be gained from truly freed markets |
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| Topic: | Taxation | Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities | |
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Articles | I Love Loosies and the People Who Sell Them Explains how New York cigarette taxes contributed to the police crack down that led to the Eric Garner confrontation (and subsequent death) and suggests doing away with the pursuing of nonviolent persons for "victimless so-called crimes" |
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| Topic: | Transportation | The means and equipment used for the movement of passengers and goods | |
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Articles | Stop Those Who Would Stop Uber Explains how the Uber and Lyft services work and describes a typical local government reaction when Uber started offering its service in Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| 23 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Arkansas | Motto: Regnat Populus (The People Rule) | |
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Articles | Nothing Is More Local than the Individual Commentary on the 2014 Arkansas Alcohol Beverage Amendment referendum to end county-level prohibitions on liquor sales (which was voted down) |
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| Topic: | Armies, Standing | Maintaining permanent armies of paid or conscripted soldiers | |
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Articles | Liberty or Empire? Excerpt of speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention; criticizes several clauses of the proposed Constitution and warns about the possibility of a U.S. President becoming even worse than a king |
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| Topic: | Arms, Right to Keep and Bear | Right of individuals to own firearms | |
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Articles | Liberty or Empire? Excerpt of speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention; criticizes several clauses of the proposed Constitution and warns about the possibility of a U.S. President becoming even worse than a king |
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| Topic: | Constitution, United States | The supreme law of the United States of America | |
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Articles | Liberty or Empire? Excerpt of speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention; criticizes several clauses of the proposed Constitution and warns about the possibility of a U.S. President becoming even worse than a king |
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| Topic: | Foreign Entanglements | Unnecessary involvement with other nations | |
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Articles | The "Boomerang Effect": How Foreign Policy Changes Domestic Policy Reviews the essay "Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Controll" by Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall, published in the Fall 2014 issue of the Independent Review |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Liberty or Empire? Excerpt of speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention; criticizes several clauses of the proposed Constitution and warns about the possibility of a U.S. President becoming even worse than a king |
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| Topic: | Henry, Patrick | American revolutionary figure, famous for "Give me liberty or give me death" speech | |
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Writings | Liberty or Empire? Excerpt of speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention; criticizes several clauses of the proposed Constitution and warns about the possibility of a U.S. President becoming even worse than a king |
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| Topic: | Imperialism | Domination or control, by one country, of one or more other countries or territories | |
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Articles | Liberty or Empire? Excerpt of speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention; criticizes several clauses of the proposed Constitution and warns about the possibility of a U.S. President becoming even worse than a king |
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| Topic: | Liberty | The right and ability to act and express oneself in a freely chosen manner | |
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Articles | Liberty or Empire? Excerpt of speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention; criticizes several clauses of the proposed Constitution and warns about the possibility of a U.S. President becoming even worse than a king |
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| Topic: | Liberty, Individual | Enjoyment by individuals of social, political and economic rights | |
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Articles | Nothing Is More Local than the Individual Commentary on the 2014 Arkansas Alcohol Beverage Amendment referendum to end county-level prohibitions on liquor sales (which was voted down) |
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| Topic: | Obama, Barack | Forty-fourth President of the United States | |
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Articles | The Politicians Are Scaring You Again Comments on scaremongering efforts by Obama administration as well as opposition offiicials in order to gain support for military action against the Islamic State |
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| Topic: | Politicians | People who hold or are running for a political office | |
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Articles | The Politicians Are Scaring You Again Comments on scaremongering efforts by Obama administration as well as opposition offiicials in order to gain support for military action against the Islamic State |
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| Topic: | Prohibition | Laws forbidding the production, sale, transportation or consumption of alcoholic beverages | |
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Articles | Nothing Is More Local than the Individual Commentary on the 2014 Arkansas Alcohol Beverage Amendment referendum to end county-level prohibitions on liquor sales (which was voted down) |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | The "Boomerang Effect": How Foreign Policy Changes Domestic Policy Reviews the essay "Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Controll" by Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall, published in the Fall 2014 issue of the Independent Review |
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The Politicians Are Scaring You Again Comments on scaremongering efforts by Obama administration as well as opposition offiicials in order to gain support for military action against the Islamic State |
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Nothing Is More Local than the Individual Commentary on the 2014 Arkansas Alcohol Beverage Amendment referendum to end county-level prohibitions on liquor sales (which was voted down) |
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| Topic: | Rights | Powers and privileges one may properly claim as due | |
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Articles | Liberty or Empire? Excerpt of speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention; criticizes several clauses of the proposed Constitution and warns about the possibility of a U.S. President becoming even worse than a king |
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| Topic: | State, The | The group of people that, having effective control over a government, benefit the most from the exercise of its power | |
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Articles | The "Boomerang Effect": How Foreign Policy Changes Domestic Policy Reviews the essay "Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Controll" by Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall, published in the Fall 2014 issue of the Independent Review |
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| Topic: | Technology | Practical application of engineering or technical processes | |
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Articles | The "Boomerang Effect": How Foreign Policy Changes Domestic Policy Reviews the essay "Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Controll" by Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall, published in the Fall 2014 issue of the Independent Review |
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| Topic: | Terrorism | The systematic use of violence to attempt to achieve ideological goals | |
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Articles | The Politicians Are Scaring You Again Comments on scaremongering efforts by Obama administration as well as opposition offiicials in order to gain support for military action against the Islamic State |
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| Topic: | War | Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State" | |
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Articles | The "Boomerang Effect": How Foreign Policy Changes Domestic Policy Reviews the essay "Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Controll" by Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall, published in the Fall 2014 issue of the Independent Review |
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| 22 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Browne, Harry | Investment author, Libertarian Party presidential candidate 1996 and 2000 | |
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Radio Show | The Libertarian Conversation Archives from Jan 2004 to Nov 2005; originally on the Genesis Network, Saturday 10pm-12am ET |
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The Money Show Archives from Aug 2004 to Nov 2005; originally on the Genesis Network, Sunday 4pm-5pm ET |
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| Topic: | Bush, George W. | Forty-third President of the United States | |
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Articles | Is the Foreign-Policy Elite Clueless? Examines the policies of the Bush and Obama administrations in Iraq and Syria that led to the rise of the Islamic State |
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| Topic: | Henry, Patrick | American revolutionary figure, famous for "Give me liberty or give me death" speech | |
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Web Pages | Full Biography | Redhill.org | Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation Divided into five sections: Early Life and Times, The Voice of the Revolution, Henry and Independence, Building a Nation and The Later Years |
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| Topic: | Iran | Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1979 by the Jomhuri ye Eslāmi ye Irān | |
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Articles | Is the Foreign-Policy Elite Clueless? Examines the policies of the Bush and Obama administrations in Iraq and Syria that led to the rise of the Islamic State |
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| Topic: | Obama, Barack | Forty-fourth President of the United States | |
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Articles | Is the Foreign-Policy Elite Clueless? Examines the policies of the Bush and Obama administrations in Iraq and Syria that led to the rise of the Islamic State |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Let's Have Candor from the NATO Summit Comments on the article "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault" by foreign policy scholar John Mearsheimer, about the 2013-2014 Ukrainian crisis |
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Is the Foreign-Policy Elite Clueless? Examines the policies of the Bush and Obama administrations in Iraq and Syria that led to the rise of the Islamic State |
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| Topic: | Russia | Territory in eastern Europe and northern Asia, ruled since 1991 by the Rossiyskaya Federatsiya | |
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Articles | Let's Have Candor from the NATO Summit Comments on the article "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault" by foreign policy scholar John Mearsheimer, about the 2013-2014 Ukrainian crisis |
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| Topic: | Syria | Territory in southwest Asia, nominally ruled since 1961 by the al-Jumhūriyyah al-‘Arabīyah as-Sūriyyah | |
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Articles | Is the Foreign-Policy Elite Clueless? Examines the policies of the Bush and Obama administrations in Iraq and Syria that led to the rise of the Islamic State |
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| Topic: | Ukraine | Territory in eastern Europe, ruled since 1991 by the republic of Uryad Ukrayiny | |
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Articles | Let's Have Candor from the NATO Summit Comments on the article "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault" by foreign policy scholar John Mearsheimer, about the 2013-2014 Ukrainian crisis |
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| 19 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Cobden, Richard | Nineteenth century British politician, leading proponent of free trade | |
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Articles | Jane Cobden: Carrying on Her Father's Work Biographical essay on Jane Cobden, daughter of Richard Cobden, who continued her father's advocacy of free trade and other ideals |
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| Topic: | Free Trade | Exchange of goods and services without barriers | |
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Articles | Jane Cobden: Carrying on Her Father's Work Biographical essay on Jane Cobden, daughter of Richard Cobden, who continued her father's advocacy of free trade and other ideals |
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| Topic: | Iraq War (2003) | Invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and other countries, purportedly to find weapons of mass destruction | |
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Articles | Mission Creep in Iraq Examines how the initial Aug 2014 "humanitarian" intervention in Iraq, following the Sinjar massacre, keeps morphing into something bigger |
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| Topic: | Ireland, Republic of | Territory in the island of Ireland in the northern Atlantic Ocean, ruled since 1937 by the Poblacht na hÉireann | |
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Articles | Jane Cobden: Carrying on Her Father's Work Biographical essay on Jane Cobden, daughter of Richard Cobden, who continued her father's advocacy of free trade and other ideals |
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| Topic: | Libertarianism | Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human | |
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Articles | Jane Cobden: Carrying on Her Father's Work Biographical essay on Jane Cobden, daughter of Richard Cobden, who continued her father's advocacy of free trade and other ideals |
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| Topic: | Militarism | A political system influenced greatly by a large, permanent military force | |
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Articles | Mission Creep in Iraq Examines how the initial Aug 2014 "humanitarian" intervention in Iraq, following the Sinjar massacre, keeps morphing into something bigger |
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| Topic: | Obama, Barack | Forty-fourth President of the United States | |
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Articles | Mission Creep in Iraq Examines how the initial Aug 2014 "humanitarian" intervention in Iraq, following the Sinjar massacre, keeps morphing into something bigger |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Jane Cobden: Carrying on Her Father's Work Biographical essay on Jane Cobden, daughter of Richard Cobden, who continued her father's advocacy of free trade and other ideals |
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Mission Creep in Iraq Examines how the initial Aug 2014 "humanitarian" intervention in Iraq, following the Sinjar massacre, keeps morphing into something bigger |
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| Topic: | Voting | Selecting those who will govern by casting ballots | |
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Articles | Jane Cobden: Carrying on Her Father's Work Biographical essay on Jane Cobden, daughter of Richard Cobden, who continued her father's advocacy of free trade and other ideals |
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| 18 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Attacks of 11 September 2001 | Terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon | |
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Articles | Again, the Isolationist Smear Comments on the targeting of Rand Paul as "isolationist", by Rick Perry and other Republican hawks, based on Paul's stance about sending ground troops to Iraq while not ruling out air strikes |
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| Topic: | Bureaucracy | A hierarchy of government officials, mostly unelected, that set policies, prescribe regulations and administer them | |
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Articles | Speaking to Nonlibertarians Suggests an approach by which libertarians can try to persuade others of the undesirability of government-provided services and the benefits of free markets |
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| Topic: | Foreign Entanglements | Unnecessary involvement with other nations | |
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Articles | Again, the Isolationist Smear Comments on the targeting of Rand Paul as "isolationist", by Rick Perry and other Republican hawks, based on Paul's stance about sending ground troops to Iraq while not ruling out air strikes |
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| Topic: | Free Market | The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State | |
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Articles | Speaking to Nonlibertarians Suggests an approach by which libertarians can try to persuade others of the undesirability of government-provided services and the benefits of free markets |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Speaking to Nonlibertarians Suggests an approach by which libertarians can try to persuade others of the undesirability of government-provided services and the benefits of free markets |
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| Topic: | Iraq | Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 2005 by the Jumhūriyyat Al-‘Irāq | |
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Articles | Again, the Isolationist Smear Comments on the targeting of Rand Paul as "isolationist", by Rick Perry and other Republican hawks, based on Paul's stance about sending ground troops to Iraq while not ruling out air strikes |
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| Topic: | Labor | Human physical and mental skills available to produce goods and services | |
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Articles | Speaking to Nonlibertarians Suggests an approach by which libertarians can try to persuade others of the undesirability of government-provided services and the benefits of free markets |
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| Topic: | Libertarianism | Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human | |
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Articles | Speaking to Nonlibertarians Suggests an approach by which libertarians can try to persuade others of the undesirability of government-provided services and the benefits of free markets |
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| Topic: | Licensing, Occupational | Laws and regulations that limit entry into or continued exercise of a particular occupation | |
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Articles | Speaking to Nonlibertarians Suggests an approach by which libertarians can try to persuade others of the undesirability of government-provided services and the benefits of free markets |
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| Topic: | Orwell, George | British writer, author of 1984 and Animal Farm | |
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Articles | How Big Brother Began Discusses the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the proposed 1997 Fair Health Information Practices Act and the federal databases that they require (or would have required) |
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| Topic: | Republican Party | United States | |
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Articles | Again, the Isolationist Smear Comments on the targeting of Rand Paul as "isolationist", by Rick Perry and other Republican hawks, based on Paul's stance about sending ground troops to Iraq while not ruling out air strikes |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Speaking to Nonlibertarians Suggests an approach by which libertarians can try to persuade others of the undesirability of government-provided services and the benefits of free markets |
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Again, the Isolationist Smear Comments on the targeting of Rand Paul as "isolationist", by Rick Perry and other Republican hawks, based on Paul's stance about sending ground troops to Iraq while not ruling out air strikes |
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| Topic: | Searches and Seizures, Right Against Unreasonable | Protection from unwarranted searches and takings | |
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Articles | How Big Brother Began Discusses the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the proposed 1997 Fair Health Information Practices Act and the federal databases that they require (or would have required) |
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| Topic: | Taxation | Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities | |
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Articles | Speaking to Nonlibertarians Suggests an approach by which libertarians can try to persuade others of the undesirability of government-provided services and the benefits of free markets |
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| 17 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Children | Sons and daughters; young persons, infants, adolescents | |
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Articles | Let the Immigrants Stay Discusses the plight of unaccompanied Central American children migrating to the U.S. who face deportation by the Obama administration |
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| Topic: | Corporatism | Socio-economic system in which large businesses exert influence over and benefit from government policies | |
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Articles | Smedley Butler and the Racket That Is War Reviews U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler's writings, particularly War Is a Racket (1935) and the constitutional "Amendment for Peace" |
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| Topic: | Egypt | Territory mostly in northeast Africa, ruled since 2011 by the Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʿArabīyah | |
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Articles | U.S.-Egyptian "Historic Partnership" Reeks with Hypocrisy Examines events in Egypt from the 2011 revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak to the 2013 coup d'état that removed Mohamed Morsi and the 2014 announcement by the Obama administration of continued military support for General el-Sisi |
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| Topic: | Foreign Entanglements | Unnecessary involvement with other nations | |
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Articles | Smedley Butler and the Racket That Is War Reviews U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler's writings, particularly War Is a Racket (1935) and the constitutional "Amendment for Peace" |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Let the Immigrants Stay Discusses the plight of unaccompanied Central American children migrating to the U.S. who face deportation by the Obama administration |
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| Topic: | Israel | Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1948 by the Medīnat Yisrā'el | |
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Articles | U.S.-Egyptian "Historic Partnership" Reeks with Hypocrisy Examines events in Egypt from the 2011 revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak to the 2013 coup d'état that removed Mohamed Morsi and the 2014 announcement by the Obama administration of continued military support for General el-Sisi |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | U.S.-Egyptian "Historic Partnership" Reeks with Hypocrisy Examines events in Egypt from the 2011 revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak to the 2013 coup d'état that removed Mohamed Morsi and the 2014 announcement by the Obama administration of continued military support for General el-Sisi |
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Smedley Butler and the Racket That Is War Reviews U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler's writings, particularly War Is a Racket (1935) and the constitutional "Amendment for Peace" |
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Let the Immigrants Stay Discusses the plight of unaccompanied Central American children migrating to the U.S. who face deportation by the Obama administration |
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| Topic: | Rights | Powers and privileges one may properly claim as due | |
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Articles | Let the Immigrants Stay Discusses the plight of unaccompanied Central American children migrating to the U.S. who face deportation by the Obama administration |
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| Topic: | War | Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State" | |
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Articles | Smedley Butler and the Racket That Is War Reviews U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler's writings, particularly War Is a Racket (1935) and the constitutional "Amendment for Peace" |
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| 16 Feb 2021 | |||
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Topic: | Attacks of 11 September 2001 | Terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon |
| Topic: | Bush, George W. | Forty-third President of the United States | |
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Articles | The Neoconservative Obsession with Iran Discusses how Bush, Cheney and their advisors exacerbated the U.S.-Iran crisis, as documented in Gareth Porter's Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare |
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| Topic: | Cantillon, Richard | 18th century Irish economist | |
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Articles | From John Law to John Maynard Keynes Compares the proposed "mega-Keynesian stimulus package" offered as solution to the 2008 financial crisis to John Law's actions in 18th century France |
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| Topic: | Foreign Entanglements | Unnecessary involvement with other nations | |
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Articles | More U.S. Intervention in Libya? Discusses the situation in Libya in 2014, three years after Obama's "humanitarian intervention" that led to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi and the subsequent attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi |
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| Topic: | Iran | Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1979 by the Jomhuri ye Eslāmi ye Irān | |
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Articles | The Roots of Iran's Nuclear Secrecy Further commentary based on Gareth Porter's Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discussing why the Iranian government wanted secrecy for its civilian nuclear program |
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The Neoconservative Obsession with Iran Discusses how Bush, Cheney and their advisors exacerbated the U.S.-Iran crisis, as documented in Gareth Porter's Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare |
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| Topic: | Israel | Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1948 by the Medīnat Yisrā'el | |
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Articles | The Roots of Iran's Nuclear Secrecy Further commentary based on Gareth Porter's Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discussing why the Iranian government wanted secrecy for its civilian nuclear program |
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| Topic: | Libya | Territory in northern Africa, ruled since 2016 by the Government of National Accord | |
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Articles | More U.S. Intervention in Libya? Discusses the situation in Libya in 2014, three years after Obama's "humanitarian intervention" that led to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi and the subsequent attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi |
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| Topic: | Middle East | The countries of southwestern Asia and, conventionally, Egypt | |
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Articles | The Neoconservative Obsession with Iran Discusses how Bush, Cheney and their advisors exacerbated the U.S.-Iran crisis, as documented in Gareth Porter's Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare |
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| Topic: | Money | The most commonly used medium of exchange | |
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Articles | From John Law to John Maynard Keynes Compares the proposed "mega-Keynesian stimulus package" offered as solution to the 2008 financial crisis to John Law's actions in 18th century France |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | The Roots of Iran's Nuclear Secrecy Further commentary based on Gareth Porter's Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discussing why the Iranian government wanted secrecy for its civilian nuclear program |
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The Neoconservative Obsession with Iran Discusses how Bush, Cheney and their advisors exacerbated the U.S.-Iran crisis, as documented in Gareth Porter's Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare |
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More U.S. Intervention in Libya? Discusses the situation in Libya in 2014, three years after Obama's "humanitarian intervention" that led to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi and the subsequent attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi |
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| Topic: | Americas | The combined continents of North and South America | |
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Articles | Empire on Their Minds First compares recent Russian and U.S. imperialistic behavior, then delves into the imperial tendencies of the Founding Fathers and early U.S. Presidents |
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| Topic: | Arms, Right to Keep and Bear | Right of individuals to own firearms | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Boaz, David | Executive vice president of the Cato Institute, author of Libertarianism: A Primer | |
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Writings | Ayn Rand at 100 Discusses the influence of Ayn Rand, after the publication of her two main novels, during the 1960s through the 1980s and to this day, with sales of about half a million of her books per year |
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| Topic: | Browne, Harry | Investment author, Libertarian Party presidential candidate 1996 and 2000 | |
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Biography | About Harry Edson Browne | |
| Topic: | Capitalism | Economic system where the means of production are privately owned | |
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Articles | Altruism? Bah, Humbug Contrasts the story of Aaron Feuerstein and Malden Mills with that of Jack Welch and General Electric to argue against activists that believe that corporations that put "altruism" before profits lead to better, more moral results |
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Ayn Rand at 100 Discusses the influence of Ayn Rand, after the publication of her two main novels, during the 1960s through the 1980s and to this day, with sales of about half a million of her books per year |
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| Topic: | Constitution, United States | The supreme law of the United States of America | |
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Articles | Empire on Their Minds First compares recent Russian and U.S. imperialistic behavior, then delves into the imperial tendencies of the Founding Fathers and early U.S. Presidents |
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| Topic: | Drugs, War on | Legislation and enforcement actions against substances that are deemed to be addictive or otherwise dangerous | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Eminent Domain Protections | Restrictions on the power of governments to take private property for public use | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Entrepreneurship | Managerial skills and willingness to take risks in the production of goods and services | |
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Articles | Altruism? Bah, Humbug Contrasts the story of Aaron Feuerstein and Malden Mills with that of Jack Welch and General Electric to argue against activists that believe that corporations that put "altruism" before profits lead to better, more moral results |
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| Topic: | Foreign Entanglements | Unnecessary involvement with other nations | |
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Articles | American Hawks Risk Escalating the Ukrainian Crisis Discusses the potential expansion of the 2014 Ukrainian conflict due to those who advocate a "get tough" on Russia stance while claiming the U.S. has "retreated from the world" |
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Empire on Their Minds First compares recent Russian and U.S. imperialistic behavior, then delves into the imperial tendencies of the Founding Fathers and early U.S. Presidents |
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| Topic: | Founding Fathers | Leading individuals in founding of the United States | |
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Articles | Empire on Their Minds First compares recent Russian and U.S. imperialistic behavior, then delves into the imperial tendencies of the Founding Fathers and early U.S. Presidents |
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| Topic: | Free Market | The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Free Trade | Exchange of goods and services without barriers | |
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Articles | Blockading with Trade Restrictions Explores the writings of Henry George in his book Protection or Free Trade offering advice to current waves of protectionism |
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| Topic: | Friedman, David D. | Professor of Law and Economics | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | George, Henry | Nineteenth century American self-taught economist, author of Progress and Poverty | |
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Articles | Blockading with Trade Restrictions Explores the writings of Henry George in his book Protection or Free Trade offering advice to current waves of protectionism |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Harris, Sharon | President of The Advocates for Self-Government | |
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Writings | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Health Care | Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and other services related to the health of an individual | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Imperialism | Domination or control, by one country, of one or more other countries or territories | |
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Articles | Empire on Their Minds First compares recent Russian and U.S. imperialistic behavior, then delves into the imperial tendencies of the Founding Fathers and early U.S. Presidents |
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| Topic: | Jefferson, Thomas | Author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States | |
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Articles | Empire on Their Minds First compares recent Russian and U.S. imperialistic behavior, then delves into the imperial tendencies of the Founding Fathers and early U.S. Presidents |
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| Topic: | Libertarianism | Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human | |
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Articles | Ayn Rand at 100 Discusses the influence of Ayn Rand, after the publication of her two main novels, during the 1960s through the 1980s and to this day, with sales of about half a million of her books per year |
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| Topic: | Medicine | The science and art of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Monopoly | Exclusive control by someone or some group of the means of producing or selling a good or service | |
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Articles | Blockading with Trade Restrictions Explores the writings of Henry George in his book Protection or Free Trade offering advice to current waves of protectionism |
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| Topic: | Paterson, Isabel | Canadian-born, American literary critic, author of The God of the Machine | |
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Articles | Altruism? Bah, Humbug Contrasts the story of Aaron Feuerstein and Malden Mills with that of Jack Welch and General Electric to argue against activists that believe that corporations that put "altruism" before profits lead to better, more moral results |
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| Topic: | Powell, Jim | Historian, author of The Triumph of Liberty | |
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Writings | Blockading with Trade Restrictions Explores the writings of Henry George in his book Protection or Free Trade offering advice to current waves of protectionism |
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| Topic: | Private Property | Ownership of assets by individuals or non-governmental legal entities | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Prohibition | Laws forbidding the production, sale, transportation or consumption of alcoholic beverages | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Rand, Ayn | Objectivist philosopher, novelist | |
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Articles | Ayn Rand at 100 Discusses the influence of Ayn Rand, after the publication of her two main novels, during the 1960s through the 1980s and to this day, with sales of about half a million of her books per year |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | American Hawks Risk Escalating the Ukrainian Crisis Discusses the potential expansion of the 2014 Ukrainian conflict due to those who advocate a "get tough" on Russia stance while claiming the U.S. has "retreated from the world" |
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Empire on Their Minds First compares recent Russian and U.S. imperialistic behavior, then delves into the imperial tendencies of the Founding Fathers and early U.S. Presidents |
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| Topic: | Russia | Territory in eastern Europe and northern Asia, ruled since 1991 by the Rossiyskaya Federatsiya | |
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Articles | American Hawks Risk Escalating the Ukrainian Crisis Discusses the potential expansion of the 2014 Ukrainian conflict due to those who advocate a "get tough" on Russia stance while claiming the U.S. has "retreated from the world" |
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| Topic: | Smith, Adam | Eighteenth century Scottish economist, author of The Wealth of Nations | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Social Security Tax | Tax imposed on employers and employees to fund the Social Security system | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Society | Grouping of individuals interacting with each other | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | Spooner, Lysander | Lawyer, abolitionist, entrepreneur, legal theorist and political radical | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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| Topic: | War | Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State" | |
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Articles | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand Defends the free market and individual liberty, quoting among others Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, David and Milton Friedman, John Lott, Isabel Paterson, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Adam Smith, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and Walter Williams |
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American Hawks Risk Escalating the Ukrainian Crisis Discusses the potential expansion of the 2014 Ukrainian conflict due to those who advocate a "get tough" on Russia stance while claiming the U.S. has "retreated from the world" |
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Blockading with Trade Restrictions Explores the writings of Henry George in his book Protection or Free Trade offering advice to current waves of protectionism |
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| 12 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Adams, Samuel | American revolutionary leader, organizer of the Boston Tea Party | |
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Articles | To Defeat the Assault on Liberty, Our Appeals Must Be Moral Argues, by providing several historical examples, that "compelling moral appeals for liberty" are needed to confront various current problems such as government spending and debt, higher taxes and disregard of constitutional limits on executive power |
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| Topic: | Arms, Right to Keep and Bear | Right of individuals to own firearms | |
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Articles | Algernon Sidney: A Father of the Declaration of Independence After a short biography, discusses the main themes made by Sidney in Discourses Concerning Government, written in response to Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, which defended the divine right of kings |
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| Topic: | Cobden, Richard | Nineteenth century British politician, leading proponent of free trade | |
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Articles | To Defeat the Assault on Liberty, Our Appeals Must Be Moral Argues, by providing several historical examples, that "compelling moral appeals for liberty" are needed to confront various current problems such as government spending and debt, higher taxes and disregard of constitutional limits on executive power |
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| Topic: | Declaration of Independence, United States | The document that formed the United States of America | |
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Articles | To Defeat the Assault on Liberty, Our Appeals Must Be Moral Argues, by providing several historical examples, that "compelling moral appeals for liberty" are needed to confront various current problems such as government spending and debt, higher taxes and disregard of constitutional limits on executive power |
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Why Should a Supreme Court Justice Care about Natural Rights? Discusses the evasiveness of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan when asked about the Declaration of Independence, and argues why justices should heed the natural rights philosophy embodied by its most famous lines |
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| Topic: | Democracy | Form of government where the power is exercised directly or indirectly by a majority of the citizens | |
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Articles | Don't Get Out the Vote Examines the writings of Bryan Caplan and Michael Huemer to determine whether get-out-the-vote campaigns are beneficial in any way |
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| Topic: | Garrison, William Lloyd | Nineteenth century American journalist and abolitionist | |
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Articles | To Defeat the Assault on Liberty, Our Appeals Must Be Moral Argues, by providing several historical examples, that "compelling moral appeals for liberty" are needed to confront various current problems such as government spending and debt, higher taxes and disregard of constitutional limits on executive power |
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Why Should a Supreme Court Justice Care about Natural Rights? Discusses the evasiveness of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan when asked about the Declaration of Independence, and argues why justices should heed the natural rights philosophy embodied by its most famous lines |
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| Topic: | Ireland, Republic of | Territory in the island of Ireland in the northern Atlantic Ocean, ruled since 1937 by the Poblacht na hÉireann | |
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Articles | To Defeat the Assault on Liberty, Our Appeals Must Be Moral Argues, by providing several historical examples, that "compelling moral appeals for liberty" are needed to confront various current problems such as government spending and debt, higher taxes and disregard of constitutional limits on executive power |
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| Topic: | Liberty | The right and ability to act and express oneself in a freely chosen manner | |
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Articles | To Defeat the Assault on Liberty, Our Appeals Must Be Moral Argues, by providing several historical examples, that "compelling moral appeals for liberty" are needed to confront various current problems such as government spending and debt, higher taxes and disregard of constitutional limits on executive power |
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| Topic: | Lilburne, John | 17th century English activist, advocate of "freeborn" rights and of a written constitution | |
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Articles | Why Should a Supreme Court Justice Care about Natural Rights? Discusses the evasiveness of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan when asked about the Declaration of Independence, and argues why justices should heed the natural rights philosophy embodied by its most famous lines |
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| Topic: | Political philosopy | Branch of philosophy that studies the nature of social organization and the proper functions of government | |
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Articles | Don't Get Out the Vote Examines the writings of Bryan Caplan and Michael Huemer to determine whether get-out-the-vote campaigns are beneficial in any way |
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| Topic: | Powell, Jim | Historian, author of The Triumph of Liberty | |
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Writings | To Defeat the Assault on Liberty, Our Appeals Must Be Moral Argues, by providing several historical examples, that "compelling moral appeals for liberty" are needed to confront various current problems such as government spending and debt, higher taxes and disregard of constitutional limits on executive power |
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Why Should a Supreme Court Justice Care about Natural Rights? Discusses the evasiveness of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan when asked about the Declaration of Independence, and argues why justices should heed the natural rights philosophy embodied by its most famous lines |
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| Topic: | Reagan, Ronald | Hollywood actor, fortieth President of the United States | |
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Articles | To Defeat the Assault on Liberty, Our Appeals Must Be Moral Argues, by providing several historical examples, that "compelling moral appeals for liberty" are needed to confront various current problems such as government spending and debt, higher taxes and disregard of constitutional limits on executive power |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Don't Get Out the Vote Examines the writings of Bryan Caplan and Michael Huemer to determine whether get-out-the-vote campaigns are beneficial in any way |
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| Topic: | Rights | Powers and privileges one may properly claim as due | |
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Articles | Why Should a Supreme Court Justice Care about Natural Rights? Discusses the evasiveness of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan when asked about the Declaration of Independence, and argues why justices should heed the natural rights philosophy embodied by its most famous lines |
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| Topic: | Sidney, Algernon | 17th century British Member of Parliament | |
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Articles | Algernon Sidney: A Father of the Declaration of Independence After a short biography, discusses the main themes made by Sidney in Discourses Concerning Government, written in response to Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, which defended the divine right of kings |
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| Topic: | Voting | Selecting those who will govern by casting ballots | |
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Articles | Don't Get Out the Vote Examines the writings of Bryan Caplan and Michael Huemer to determine whether get-out-the-vote campaigns are beneficial in any way |
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| 11 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Business | Commercial activities that provide goods and services | |
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Articles | Let's Make 2014 the Year of Freedom for Low-Wage Workers Examines various hindrances to economic independence, in particular occupational licensing, but also zoning, intellectual property, taxes and regulations |
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| Topic: | Federal Reserve System | The central bank of the United States | |
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Articles | One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve Examines the Federal Reserve's record since its inception, quoting the 2010 Cato Institute paper "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by Selgin, Lastrapes and White, as well as Rothbard, Timberlake and Hummel |
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Topic: | Groups | Formal or informal associations of human beings, usually in pursuit of some common goal |
| Topic: | Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers | Professor of economics and history at San Jose State University | |
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Articles | One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve Examines the Federal Reserve's record since its inception, quoting the 2010 Cato Institute paper "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by Selgin, Lastrapes and White, as well as Rothbard, Timberlake and Hummel |
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Topic: | Individuals | Human beings, each considered as a single actor within society |
| Topic: | Inflation | Popularly, a rise in prices of goods and services; in economics, monetary expansion | |
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Articles | One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve Examines the Federal Reserve's record since its inception, quoting the 2010 Cato Institute paper "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by Selgin, Lastrapes and White, as well as Rothbard, Timberlake and Hummel |
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| Topic: | Intellectual Property Laws | Laws that grant monopoly rights on intellectual creations, such as patents and copyrights | |
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Articles | Let's Make 2014 the Year of Freedom for Low-Wage Workers Examines various hindrances to economic independence, in particular occupational licensing, but also zoning, intellectual property, taxes and regulations |
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| Topic: | Iran | Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1979 by the Jomhuri ye Eslāmi ye Irān | |
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Articles | Obama and Kerry Jeopardize Peace with Iran Examines pronouncements by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and President Obama that put in doubt their stated intentions of reaching a peace agreement with Iran |
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| Topic: | Licensing, Occupational | Laws and regulations that limit entry into or continued exercise of a particular occupation | |
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Articles | Let's Make 2014 the Year of Freedom for Low-Wage Workers Examines various hindrances to economic independence, in particular occupational licensing, but also zoning, intellectual property, taxes and regulations |
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| Topic: | Middle East | The countries of southwestern Asia and, conventionally, Egypt | |
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Articles | Obama and Kerry Jeopardize Peace with Iran Examines pronouncements by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and President Obama that put in doubt their stated intentions of reaching a peace agreement with Iran |
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| Topic: | Money | The most commonly used medium of exchange | |
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Articles | One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve Examines the Federal Reserve's record since its inception, quoting the 2010 Cato Institute paper "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by Selgin, Lastrapes and White, as well as Rothbard, Timberlake and Hummel |
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Topic: | Places | Continents, countries, cities and other geographical and political subdivisions |
| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve Examines the Federal Reserve's record since its inception, quoting the 2010 Cato Institute paper "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by Selgin, Lastrapes and White, as well as Rothbard, Timberlake and Hummel |
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Let's Make 2014 the Year of Freedom for Low-Wage Workers Examines various hindrances to economic independence, in particular occupational licensing, but also zoning, intellectual property, taxes and regulations |
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Obama and Kerry Jeopardize Peace with Iran Examines pronouncements by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and President Obama that put in doubt their stated intentions of reaching a peace agreement with Iran |
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| Topic: | Rothbard, Murray | Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto | |
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Articles | One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve Examines the Federal Reserve's record since its inception, quoting the 2010 Cato Institute paper "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by Selgin, Lastrapes and White, as well as Rothbard, Timberlake and Hummel |
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| Topic: | Timberlake, Richard | Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia | |
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Articles | One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve Examines the Federal Reserve's record since its inception, quoting the 2010 Cato Institute paper "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by Selgin, Lastrapes and White, as well as Rothbard, Timberlake and Hummel |
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Topic: | Timeline | Timeline of significant events |
| Topic: | War | Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State" | |
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Articles | Obama and Kerry Jeopardize Peace with Iran Examines pronouncements by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and President Obama that put in doubt their stated intentions of reaching a peace agreement with Iran |
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| Topic: | Wilson, Woodrow | Twenty-eighth President of the United States | |
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Articles | One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve Examines the Federal Reserve's record since its inception, quoting the 2010 Cato Institute paper "Has the Fed Been a Failure?" by Selgin, Lastrapes and White, as well as Rothbard, Timberlake and Hummel |
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| Topic: | Afghanistan | Territory in southwest central Asia, nominally ruled since 2004 by the Da Afġānistān Islāmī Jumhoryat | |
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Articles | The U.S. Isn't Leaving Afghanistan Reviews the terms of a 2013 draft agreement, due to go into effect in Jan 2015, between the U.S. and Afghan governments to maintain U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan "until the end of 2024 and beyond" |
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In Afghanistan, They Died for No Good Cause Critiques an exchange by NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on the rationale for keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan |
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| Topic: | Boaz, David | Executive vice president of the Cato Institute, author of Libertarianism: A Primer | |
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Writings | The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, One of America’s First Libertarians Focuses on Rose Wilder Lane's life and relates the influence of her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, as well as Wilder Lane's influence on Roger MacBride |
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| Topic: | Chamberlain, John | 20th century American journalist and author | |
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Articles | The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, One of America’s First Libertarians Focuses on Rose Wilder Lane's life and relates the influence of her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, as well as Wilder Lane's influence on Roger MacBride |
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| Topic: | Corporatism | Socio-economic system in which large businesses exert influence over and benefit from government policies | |
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Articles | The New Deal Made Them 'Right' Discusses how various "prominent liberals" (Mencken, John T. Flynn, Al Smith, Burton K. Wheeler and Nock) found themselves categorized on the political right as a consequence of their opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal |
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| Topic: | Crane, Ed | Co-founder and former President of the Cato Institute | |
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Writings | The Death of Politics? Explores trends in politics in the U.S. and other countries, particularly those that show voters are unwilling to support the political status quo |
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| Topic: | Democratic Party | United States | |
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Articles | The New Deal Made Them 'Right' Discusses how various "prominent liberals" (Mencken, John T. Flynn, Al Smith, Burton K. Wheeler and Nock) found themselves categorized on the political right as a consequence of their opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal |
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| Topic: | Flynn, John T. | American journalist, author of The Roosevelt Myth | |
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Articles | The New Deal Made Them 'Right' Discusses how various "prominent liberals" (Mencken, John T. Flynn, Al Smith, Burton K. Wheeler and Nock) found themselves categorized on the political right as a consequence of their opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal |
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| Topic: | Free Trade | Exchange of goods and services without barriers | |
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Articles | Science, Reason, and Moral Progress Argues that the progress made in the domain of morality in the past few centuries resulted primarily from the Scientific Revolution (Copernicus, Newton, etc.) and the Enlightment that followed it |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | One Moral Standard for All Postulates that most nonlibertarians agree that initiation of force is wrong, but they have to be shown that the same moral standard should hold for private individuals and government personnel |
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| Topic: | Hess, Karl | Editor of Libertarian Party News 1986-1990, Barry Goldwater speechwriter | |
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Articles | The Death of Politics? Explores trends in politics in the U.S. and other countries, particularly those that show voters are unwilling to support the political status quo |
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| Topic: | Libertarianism | Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human | |
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Articles | One Moral Standard for All Postulates that most nonlibertarians agree that initiation of force is wrong, but they have to be shown that the same moral standard should hold for private individuals and government personnel |
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| Topic: | Locke, John | 17th century English philosopher | |
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Articles | One Moral Standard for All Postulates that most nonlibertarians agree that initiation of force is wrong, but they have to be shown that the same moral standard should hold for private individuals and government personnel |
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| Topic: | Long, Roderick T. | Professor of philosophy at Auburn University, president of the Molinari Institute | |
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Articles | One Moral Standard for All Postulates that most nonlibertarians agree that initiation of force is wrong, but they have to be shown that the same moral standard should hold for private individuals and government personnel |
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| Topic: | MacBride, Roger | Lawyer, 1976 Libertarian Presidential candidate | |
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Articles | The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, One of America’s First Libertarians Focuses on Rose Wilder Lane's life and relates the influence of her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, as well as Wilder Lane's influence on Roger MacBride |
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| Topic: | Mencken, H. L. | Journalist, author of The American Language | |
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Articles | The New Deal Made Them 'Right' Discusses how various "prominent liberals" (Mencken, John T. Flynn, Al Smith, Burton K. Wheeler and Nock) found themselves categorized on the political right as a consequence of their opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal |
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| Topic: | Middle East | The countries of southwestern Asia and, conventionally, Egypt | |
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Articles | In Afghanistan, They Died for No Good Cause Critiques an exchange by NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on the rationale for keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan |
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| Topic: | Militarism | A political system influenced greatly by a large, permanent military force | |
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Articles | In Afghanistan, They Died for No Good Cause Critiques an exchange by NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on the rationale for keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan |
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| Topic: | Nock, Albert Jay | Author of Our Enemy, The State, founder of The Freeman (1920-24) | |
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Articles | The New Deal Made Them 'Right' Discusses how various "prominent liberals" (Mencken, John T. Flynn, Al Smith, Burton K. Wheeler and Nock) found themselves categorized on the political right as a consequence of their opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal |
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| Topic: | Non-aggression Principle | The libertarian principle that no person should initiate force against another | |
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Articles | One Moral Standard for All Postulates that most nonlibertarians agree that initiation of force is wrong, but they have to be shown that the same moral standard should hold for private individuals and government personnel |
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| Topic: | Politics | The practices of guiding, influencing or controlling government | |
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Articles | The Death of Politics? Explores trends in politics in the U.S. and other countries, particularly those that show voters are unwilling to support the political status quo |
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| Topic: | Prohibition | Laws forbidding the production, sale, transportation or consumption of alcoholic beverages | |
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Articles | The New Deal Made Them 'Right' Discusses how various "prominent liberals" (Mencken, John T. Flynn, Al Smith, Burton K. Wheeler and Nock) found themselves categorized on the political right as a consequence of their opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal |
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| Topic: | Quesnay, François | 18th century French Physiocrat economist, also trained in medicine | |
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Articles | Science, Reason, and Moral Progress Argues that the progress made in the domain of morality in the past few centuries resulted primarily from the Scientific Revolution (Copernicus, Newton, etc.) and the Enlightment that followed it |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | One Moral Standard for All Postulates that most nonlibertarians agree that initiation of force is wrong, but they have to be shown that the same moral standard should hold for private individuals and government personnel |
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The U.S. Isn't Leaving Afghanistan Reviews the terms of a 2013 draft agreement, due to go into effect in Jan 2015, between the U.S. and Afghan governments to maintain U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan "until the end of 2024 and beyond" |
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In Afghanistan, They Died for No Good Cause Critiques an exchange by NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on the rationale for keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan |
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| Topic: | Roosevelt, Franklin D. | Thirty-second President of the United States | |
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Articles | The New Deal Made Them 'Right' Discusses how various "prominent liberals" (Mencken, John T. Flynn, Al Smith, Burton K. Wheeler and Nock) found themselves categorized on the political right as a consequence of their opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal |
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| Topic: | War | Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State" | |
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Articles | The U.S. Isn't Leaving Afghanistan Reviews the terms of a 2013 draft agreement, due to go into effect in Jan 2015, between the U.S. and Afghan governments to maintain U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan "until the end of 2024 and beyond" |
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| Topic: | Wilder Lane, Rose | American journalist, author of The Discovery of Freedom | |
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Articles | The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, One of America’s First Libertarians Focuses on Rose Wilder Lane's life and relates the influence of her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, as well as Wilder Lane's influence on Roger MacBride |
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| 9 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Bush, George W. | Forty-third President of the United States | |
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Articles | Stop Demonizing Iran Examines Iranian government efforts to resolve differences with the U.S. government, as evidenced by 2013 proposals, and recalling previous efforts to cooperate with the Bush administration, as reported in 2006 by Gareth Porter |
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| Topic: | Children | Sons and daughters; young persons, infants, adolescents | |
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Articles | Don't Look for Grown-Ups in Government Responds to pundits demanding adult, i.e., responsible, behavior from politicians, in particular with regard to lifting the debt ceiling (which kept the U.S. government partially closed in early Oct 2013) |
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| Topic: | Economics | Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends | |
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Articles | Don't Look for Grown-Ups in Government Responds to pundits demanding adult, i.e., responsible, behavior from politicians, in particular with regard to lifting the debt ceiling (which kept the U.S. government partially closed in early Oct 2013) |
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| Topic: | Iran | Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1979 by the Jomhuri ye Eslāmi ye Irān | |
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Articles | Can Iran Trust the United States? Turns around the question of whether the United States can trust Iran, by examining the "covert and proxy war" led by former against the latter |
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Stop Demonizing Iran Examines Iranian government efforts to resolve differences with the U.S. government, as evidenced by 2013 proposals, and recalling previous efforts to cooperate with the Bush administration, as reported in 2006 by Gareth Porter |
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| Topic: | Israel | Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1948 by the Medīnat Yisrā'el | |
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Articles | Can Iran Trust the United States? Turns around the question of whether the United States can trust Iran, by examining the "covert and proxy war" led by former against the latter |
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| Topic: | Middle East | The countries of southwestern Asia and, conventionally, Egypt | |
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Articles | Stop Demonizing Iran Examines Iranian government efforts to resolve differences with the U.S. government, as evidenced by 2013 proposals, and recalling previous efforts to cooperate with the Bush administration, as reported in 2006 by Gareth Porter |
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| Topic: | Obama, Barack | Forty-fourth President of the United States | |
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Articles | Can Iran Trust the United States? Turns around the question of whether the United States can trust Iran, by examining the "covert and proxy war" led by former against the latter |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | Can Iran Trust the United States? Turns around the question of whether the United States can trust Iran, by examining the "covert and proxy war" led by former against the latter |
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Stop Demonizing Iran Examines Iranian government efforts to resolve differences with the U.S. government, as evidenced by 2013 proposals, and recalling previous efforts to cooperate with the Bush administration, as reported in 2006 by Gareth Porter |
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Don't Look for Grown-Ups in Government Responds to pundits demanding adult, i.e., responsible, behavior from politicians, in particular with regard to lifting the debt ceiling (which kept the U.S. government partially closed in early Oct 2013) |
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| Topic: | Society | Grouping of individuals interacting with each other | |
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Articles | Don't Look for Grown-Ups in Government Responds to pundits demanding adult, i.e., responsible, behavior from politicians, in particular with regard to lifting the debt ceiling (which kept the U.S. government partially closed in early Oct 2013) |
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| Topic: | Transportation | The means and equipment used for the movement of passengers and goods | |
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Articles | Can Iran Trust the United States? Turns around the question of whether the United States can trust Iran, by examining the "covert and proxy war" led by former against the latter |
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| Topic: | Voting | Selecting those who will govern by casting ballots | |
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Articles | Don't Look for Grown-Ups in Government Responds to pundits demanding adult, i.e., responsible, behavior from politicians, in particular with regard to lifting the debt ceiling (which kept the U.S. government partially closed in early Oct 2013) |
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| 8 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Constitution, United States | The supreme law of the United States of America | |
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Articles | The People Say No to War Comments on how the American people, through calls and emails to Congress and opinion polls, stopped, at least momentarily, the Obama administration from going to war with Syria |
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| Topic: | Drugs, War on | Legislation and enforcement actions against substances that are deemed to be addictive or otherwise dangerous | |
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Articles | Stop-and-Frisk: How Government Creates Problems, Then Makes Them Worse Considers two recent decisions, from the Justice Department and from a Federal judge, that attempt to ameliorate bad policies enacted in the past, without getting to the root of the problems |
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| Topic: | Economic Resources | Natural, human and man-made factors used in the production of goods and services | |
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Articles | The State of Humanity: Good and Getting Better Contrasts the pessimistic 1980 prediction, made in the Global 2000 Report to the President, about the probable state of the world in the year 2000 with the actual state in the mid-1990's. |
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| Topic: | Ethics | Branch of philosophy that studies the values that guide human conduct | |
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Articles | Heroic Discusses the inspiring yet naïve actions of Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning when she realized she could no longer participate in the atrocities of war |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Stop-and-Frisk: How Government Creates Problems, Then Makes Them Worse Considers two recent decisions, from the Justice Department and from a Federal judge, that attempt to ameliorate bad policies enacted in the past, without getting to the root of the problems |
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| Topic: | Independent Thought, Center for | Non-profit educational foundation based in New York City | |
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Home Page | Center for Independent Thought | |
| Topic: | Iraq War (2003) | Invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and other countries, purportedly to find weapons of mass destruction | |
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Articles | Heroic Discusses the inspiring yet naïve actions of Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning when she realized she could no longer participate in the atrocities of war |
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| Topic: | La Boétie, Étienne de | Sixteenth century French judge and poet, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude | |
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Articles | The People Say No to War Comments on how the American people, through calls and emails to Congress and opinion polls, stopped, at least momentarily, the Obama administration from going to war with Syria |
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| Topic: | Life | The human unalienable right from which other rights obtain | |
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Articles | The State of Humanity: Good and Getting Better Contrasts the pessimistic 1980 prediction, made in the Global 2000 Report to the President, about the probable state of the world in the year 2000 with the actual state in the mid-1990's. |
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| Topic: | Obama, Barack | Forty-fourth President of the United States | |
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Articles | U.S. Has No Moral Standing to Condemn Assad Questions the propriety of the U.S. government's moral pronouncements (and potential military actions) in response to allegations that Syria's government used chemical weapons |
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The People Say No to War Comments on how the American people, through calls and emails to Congress and opinion polls, stopped, at least momentarily, the Obama administration from going to war with Syria |
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| Topic: | Repression, Moral | Legislation and government actions that attempt to dictate "moral and proper" behavior | |
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Articles | Stop-and-Frisk: How Government Creates Problems, Then Makes Them Worse Considers two recent decisions, from the Justice Department and from a Federal judge, that attempt to ameliorate bad policies enacted in the past, without getting to the root of the problems |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | The State of Humanity: Good and Getting Better Contrasts the pessimistic 1980 prediction, made in the Global 2000 Report to the President, about the probable state of the world in the year 2000 with the actual state in the mid-1990's. |
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Stop-and-Frisk: How Government Creates Problems, Then Makes Them Worse Considers two recent decisions, from the Justice Department and from a Federal judge, that attempt to ameliorate bad policies enacted in the past, without getting to the root of the problems |
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Heroic Discusses the inspiring yet naïve actions of Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning when she realized she could no longer participate in the atrocities of war |
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U.S. Has No Moral Standing to Condemn Assad Questions the propriety of the U.S. government's moral pronouncements (and potential military actions) in response to allegations that Syria's government used chemical weapons |
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The People Say No to War Comments on how the American people, through calls and emails to Congress and opinion polls, stopped, at least momentarily, the Obama administration from going to war with Syria |
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| Topic: | Searches and Seizures, Right Against Unreasonable | Protection from unwarranted searches and takings | |
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Articles | Stop-and-Frisk: How Government Creates Problems, Then Makes Them Worse Considers two recent decisions, from the Justice Department and from a Federal judge, that attempt to ameliorate bad policies enacted in the past, without getting to the root of the problems |
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| Topic: | Simon, Julian | Professor of Business Administration, author | |
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Writings | The State of Humanity: Good and Getting Better Contrasts the pessimistic 1980 prediction, made in the Global 2000 Report to the President, about the probable state of the world in the year 2000 with the actual state in the mid-1990's. |
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| Topic: | Social Security Tax | Tax imposed on employers and employees to fund the Social Security system | |
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Web Sites | Project on Social Security Choice | |
| Topic: | Syria | Territory in southwest Asia, nominally ruled since 1961 by the al-Jumhūriyyah al-‘Arabīyah as-Sūriyyah | |
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Articles | U.S. Has No Moral Standing to Condemn Assad Questions the propriety of the U.S. government's moral pronouncements (and potential military actions) in response to allegations that Syria's government used chemical weapons |
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| Topic: | United States | Territory in central and northwest North America, ruled since 1788 by the United States of America | |
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Measures of Freedom | Level of Economic Freedom 2014: 7.75, Rank: 16 |
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| Topic: | War | Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State" | |
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Articles | Heroic Discusses the inspiring yet naïve actions of Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning when she realized she could no longer participate in the atrocities of war |
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U.S. Has No Moral Standing to Condemn Assad Questions the propriety of the U.S. government's moral pronouncements (and potential military actions) in response to allegations that Syria's government used chemical weapons |
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The People Say No to War Comments on how the American people, through calls and emails to Congress and opinion polls, stopped, at least momentarily, the Obama administration from going to war with Syria |
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| 5 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Aristotle | Greek philosopher, tutor of young Alexander the Great | |
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Biography | Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Part of the Goodrich Seminar Room; includes bibliography and links to Thales, Plato and others |
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| Topic: | Arms, Right to Keep and Bear | Right of individuals to own firearms | |
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Articles | What an Honest Conversation about Race Would Look Like Argues that in order to have an "honest conversation about race", it must first be recognized that many government policies, such as drug prohibition, gun control and mandatory schooling, are enablers for racism |
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| Topic: | Bentham, Jeremy | 18th/19th century English philosopher and legal scholar, an early proponent of utilitarianism | |
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Articles | Security Cameras' Slippery Slope Discusses the use of surveillance cameras in New York City, in London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom and in the United States, as well as drones by British police |
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| Topic: | Bright, John | 19th century English Member of Parliament | |
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Articles | The Greatness of Peace Activist John Bright Commentary on John Bright's opposition to war and interventionism. with relevant excerpts to several of his speeches |
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| Topic: | Drugs, War on | Legislation and enforcement actions against substances that are deemed to be addictive or otherwise dangerous | |
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Articles | What an Honest Conversation about Race Would Look Like Argues that in order to have an "honest conversation about race", it must first be recognized that many government policies, such as drug prohibition, gun control and mandatory schooling, are enablers for racism |
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| Topic: | Education, Compulsory | Attendance in schools that is mandated by laws | |
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Articles | What an Honest Conversation about Race Would Look Like Argues that in order to have an "honest conversation about race", it must first be recognized that many government policies, such as drug prohibition, gun control and mandatory schooling, are enablers for racism |
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| Topic: | Ethics | Branch of philosophy that studies the values that guide human conduct | |
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Articles | The Greatness of Peace Activist John Bright Commentary on John Bright's opposition to war and interventionism. with relevant excerpts to several of his speeches |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Motives Aside, the NSA Should Not Spy on Us Examines a couple of reasons for rejecting the surveillance state, even if "government officials sincerely believe that [collecting] data is vital to the people's security" |
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What an Honest Conversation about Race Would Look Like Argues that in order to have an "honest conversation about race", it must first be recognized that many government policies, such as drug prohibition, gun control and mandatory schooling, are enablers for racism |
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| Topic: | Libertarianism | Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human | |
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Articles | What an Honest Conversation about Race Would Look Like Argues that in order to have an "honest conversation about race", it must first be recognized that many government policies, such as drug prohibition, gun control and mandatory schooling, are enablers for racism |
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| Topic: | Minimum Wage Laws | Legislation that places a lower limit on the prices paid for labor | |
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Articles | What an Honest Conversation about Race Would Look Like Argues that in order to have an "honest conversation about race", it must first be recognized that many government policies, such as drug prohibition, gun control and mandatory schooling, are enablers for racism |
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| Topic: | New York City | The Big Apple | |
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Articles | Security Cameras' Slippery Slope Discusses the use of surveillance cameras in New York City, in London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom and in the United States, as well as drones by British police |
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| Topic: | Orwell, George | British writer, author of 1984 and Animal Farm | |
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Articles | Security Cameras' Slippery Slope Discusses the use of surveillance cameras in New York City, in London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom and in the United States, as well as drones by British police |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | The Greatness of Peace Activist John Bright Commentary on John Bright's opposition to war and interventionism. with relevant excerpts to several of his speeches |
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Motives Aside, the NSA Should Not Spy on Us Examines a couple of reasons for rejecting the surveillance state, even if "government officials sincerely believe that [collecting] data is vital to the people's security" |
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What an Honest Conversation about Race Would Look Like Argues that in order to have an "honest conversation about race", it must first be recognized that many government policies, such as drug prohibition, gun control and mandatory schooling, are enablers for racism |
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| Topic: | Searches and Seizures, Right Against Unreasonable | Protection from unwarranted searches and takings | |
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Articles | Motives Aside, the NSA Should Not Spy on Us Examines a couple of reasons for rejecting the surveillance state, even if "government officials sincerely believe that [collecting] data is vital to the people's security" |
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Security Cameras' Slippery Slope Discusses the use of surveillance cameras in New York City, in London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom and in the United States, as well as drones by British police |
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| Topic: | United Kingdom | Island territories in western Europe, ruled since 1921 by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom | |
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Articles | The Greatness of Peace Activist John Bright Commentary on John Bright's opposition to war and interventionism. with relevant excerpts to several of his speeches |
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| Topic: | War | Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State" | |
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Articles | The Greatness of Peace Activist John Bright Commentary on John Bright's opposition to war and interventionism. with relevant excerpts to several of his speeches |
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| 4 Feb 2021 | |||
| Topic: | Banking | The business of accepting deposits and lending money | |
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Articles | The Banker's Bank Reviews the pre-history of the Federal Reserve and its origins in the Progressive Era, with various quotes from The Mystery of Banking (1983) by Murray Rothbard |
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| Topic: | Business | Commercial activities that provide goods and services | |
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Articles | Health Insurance Scam Analyzes how what is called "health insurance" is not about health nor is it insurance, how it came about from "wartime economic controls", and why it has resulted in rising medical care costs |
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| Topic: | Central Banking | The practice of establishing a country's monetary policy through a government-owned or -controlled institution | |
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Articles | The Banker's Bank Reviews the pre-history of the Federal Reserve and its origins in the Progressive Era, with various quotes from The Mystery of Banking (1983) by Murray Rothbard |
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| Topic: | China | Territory in eastern Asia, ruled since 1949 by the Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó | |
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Articles | China's Legacy: The Thoughts of Lao Tzu Contrasts the teachings of Laozi with respect to government intervention with the lingering effects of Mao Zedong's legacy |
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| Topic: | Federal Reserve System | The central bank of the United States | |
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Articles | The Banker's Bank Reviews the pre-history of the Federal Reserve and its origins in the Progressive Era, with various quotes from The Mystery of Banking (1983) by Murray Rothbard |
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| Topic: | Franklin, Benjamin | 18th century American printer, inventor and statesman | |
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Articles | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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| Topic: | Government | The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision | |
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Articles | Health Insurance Scam Analyzes how what is called "health insurance" is not about health nor is it insurance, how it came about from "wartime economic controls", and why it has resulted in rising medical care costs |
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China's Legacy: The Thoughts of Lao Tzu Contrasts the teachings of Laozi with respect to government intervention with the lingering effects of Mao Zedong's legacy |
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| Topic: | Health Care | Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and other services related to the health of an individual | |
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Articles | Health Insurance Scam Analyzes how what is called "health insurance" is not about health nor is it insurance, how it came about from "wartime economic controls", and why it has resulted in rising medical care costs |
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| Topic: | Lǎozǐ | Ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Dào Dé Jīng | |
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Articles | China's Legacy: The Thoughts of Lao Tzu Contrasts the teachings of Laozi with respect to government intervention with the lingering effects of Mao Zedong's legacy |
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| Topic: | Mandeville, Bernard | 18th century Dutch philosopher, physician and satirist | |
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Articles | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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| Topic: | Obama, Barack | Forty-fourth President of the United States | |
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Articles | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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| Topic: | Powell, Jim | Historian, author of The Triumph of Liberty | |
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Writings | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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Topic: | Prices | Convey information between buyers and sellers |
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Articles | Health Insurance Scam Analyzes how what is called "health insurance" is not about health nor is it insurance, how it came about from "wartime economic controls", and why it has resulted in rising medical care costs |
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| Topic: | Property Rights | Rights of an owner to use and dispose of assets | |
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Articles | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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| Topic: | Richman, Sheldon | Executive editor of The Libertarian Institute, former editor of The Freeman and former vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation | |
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Writings | The Banker's Bank Reviews the pre-history of the Federal Reserve and its origins in the Progressive Era, with various quotes from The Mystery of Banking (1983) by Murray Rothbard |
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Health Insurance Scam Analyzes how what is called "health insurance" is not about health nor is it insurance, how it came about from "wartime economic controls", and why it has resulted in rising medical care costs |
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| Topic: | Rothbard, Murray | Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto | |
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Articles | The Banker's Bank Reviews the pre-history of the Federal Reserve and its origins in the Progressive Era, with various quotes from The Mystery of Banking (1983) by Murray Rothbard |
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| Topic: | Simon, Julian | Professor of Business Administration, author | |
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Articles | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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| Topic: | Smith, Adam | Eighteenth century Scottish economist, author of The Wealth of Nations | |
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Articles | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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| Topic: | Spencer, Herbert | 19th century English philosopher | |
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Articles | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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| Topic: | Taxation | Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities | |
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Articles | Health Insurance Scam Analyzes how what is called "health insurance" is not about health nor is it insurance, how it came about from "wartime economic controls", and why it has resulted in rising medical care costs |
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| Topic: | Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques | 18th century French economist | |
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Articles | Barack Obama: The Anti Economic Growth President Lists and criticizes several of Obama's policies and proposals and discusses why economic growth and progress is beneficial |
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